Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

COMMENTARY | Zero Tolerance for Abusers in Sports, End of Conversation

COMMENTARY | Zero Tolerance for Abusers in Sports, End of Conversation

By Oliver Ni October 13, 2023

CW: This article contains mentions of domestic and sexual violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. On Sept. 3, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was...

Gun Access Prevents Justice For Survivors, Experts Say

Gun Access Prevents Justice For Survivors, Experts Say

By Harrison Lee February 21, 2020

Proliferating gun ownership increases the potential for domestic abuse and complicates the judicial process for survivors, representatives from the Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project...

@MYFABOLOUSLIFE/FACEBOOK | John David Jackson, known by his stage name Fabolous, was indicted for one count of domestic violence with significant bodily injury, two counts of threatening to kill and one count of possession of a weapon in Oct. 2018.

Fabolous Disinvited From Hoya Madness After Student Backlash

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo October 11, 2019

The Georgetown University athletic department disinvited rapper Fabolous from Friday’s Hoya Madness pep rally Oct. 8 after facing pressure from student activists who raised concerns about the rapper’s...

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One hundred fifty-five runners took part in a 5K marathon sponsored by Sigma Phi Epsilon to raise almost $9,000 for Doorways for Women and Family, a charity that supports victims of domestic violence.

155 Take Part in SigEp Run Against Domestic Violence

By Colin Maloney November 1, 2016

One hundred and fifty-five runners took part in Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity’s third annual Halloween 5K marathon Saturday to raise around $9,000 for Doorways for Women and Family, a charity that...

Panelists Advocate Dating Violence Awareness

By Haley Snyder October 28, 2016

Dating violence needs to be addressed as strongly as sexual violence on college campuses, according to D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence Program Director Elizabeth Odongo in a discussion about...

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Law professor Deborah Epstein is to serve on the NFL’s commission.

Professor Judges NFL Domestic Violence

By Andrew Wallender October 28, 2014

The National Football League Players Association named Georgetown Law Professor Deborah Epstein, as well as former White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler (LAW ’96), to its newly created Commission on...

MAJD: Video Changes Media Coverage of Abuse

By Darius Majd September 23, 2014

In the past few weeks, it has become extremely easy to look down on the NFL with an air of superiority. With prominent cases of domestic abuse springing up in the aftermath of the Ray Rice controversy,...

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Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended indefinetly by the NFL. His original suspension was only two games long.

COMMENTARY: NFL Too Late in Rice Suspension

By Laura Wagner September 9, 2014

Even before TMZ released the video of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking his then-fiance unconscious in a hotel elevator, we knew what happened. In February, we all watched the...

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